Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (1990) award
Masayuki Ninomiya
にのみや まさゆき
Ninomiya Masayuki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, French
Career
- Occupations
- Literary scholar, Translator, Critic, Professor
- Active Years
- 1965-
- Affiliations
- INALCO (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations), University of Geneva (Professor Emeritus)
- Influenced By
- André Gide, Kobayashi Hideo, Mori Arimasa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | — | Graduate Department of French Literature | — | — | Japan |
| École Normale Supérieure (Paris) | — | — | 在籍 | 1965-1968 | France |
| — | — | — | 博士号 | — | — |
University of Tokyo
Graduate Department of French Literature
Country:
Japan
Graduate school doctoral program (left before completion)
École Normale Supérieure (Paris)
Degree:
在籍
Period:
1965-1968
Country:
France
Attended from 1965 to 1968
—
Degree:
博士号
Awarded a doctorate for 'The Thought of Kobayashi Hideo' (details unclear)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Japan Essayist Club Prize | Chartres Within Me | — | Japan Essayist Club | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Arts Festival Award (Minister of Education) | On Kobayashi Hideo | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / Arts Selection | 受賞 |
Japan Essayist Club Prize
1990
Work:
Chartres Within Me
Organization:
Japan Essayist Club
Result:
受賞
Arts Festival Award (Minister of Education)
2001
Work:
On Kobayashi Hideo
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / Arts Selection
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 51 (2001) award
Works
Major Works
Chartres Within Me
1990 EssayAn essay collection reflecting on self and literature through relations with Chartres and French culture.
self-reflectionFrench culturereflective travelogue
The Thought of Kobayashi Hideo: A Japanese Intellectual at a Turning Point in History
1995 Scholarly workA study of Kobayashi Hideo's thought written in French, situating him within Japanese intellectual history.
intellectual historycomparative literaturestudies of intellectuals
Translations
- Originally published in French
On Kobayashi Hideo
2000 Criticism / Biographical studyA careful study and critique tracing Kobayashi Hideo's life and ideas; a major work in Japanese on the subject.
criticismbiographical studymodern Japanese thought
In Defense of Literature: From Sites of Thought in France and Japan
2015 Critical essaysAn essay collection arguing for the significance of literature from the perspectives of France and Japan.
literary theorycomparative culturecritical theory
Bibliography
- Chartres Within Me
- The Thought of Kobayashi Hideo
- On Kobayashi Hideo
- In Defense of Literature
- Gide–Valéry Correspondence (translator/editor)
- Collected Works of André Gide (5 vols., editor/translator)
Translations by Author
- Olivier Alain, History of Harmony (co-translator with Masayuki Nagatomi)
- Roland Barthes, Philippe Sollers (co-translator with Riki Iwasaki)
- Gide–Valéry Correspondence (translation)
- André Gide, The Immoralist (translation)
- Collected Works of André Gide (editor/translator)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet essayistic voiceattentive observation of Francophone culture
- Recurring Motifs
- reciprocal France–Japan perspectivesustained study of Kobayashi Hideodialogue between cultures
Legacy
A Japan-based scholar and translator residing in France who has served as an important bridge between Francophone and Japanese literary studies. Contributed to international scholarly exchange through research on Kobayashi Hideo and translation work.
Trivia
- Professor Emeritus at the University of Geneva
- Japanese scholar residing in France
- Known for studies on Kobayashi Hideo